Darrell Huff Quotes

Don't be a novelist --- be a statistician. Much more scope for the imagination.

A well-wrapped statistic is better than Hitler's 'big lie'; it misleads, yet it cannot be pinned on you.

A difference is a difference only if it makes a difference.

It is dangerous to mention any subject having high emotional content without hastily saying where you are for or agin it.

Proper treatment will cure a cold in seven days, but left to itself, a cold will hang on for a week.